Manufacturing app platform Tulip raises a $39.5M Series B

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Back in 2017, Tulip raised a $13 million Series A, with help from NEA, Pitango Venture Capital and a handful of investors who were already
on board for its seed round
Now the Somerville, Mass
startup is back with a Series B that’s three times that
Germany tool maker DMG MORI has joined the ranks for a $39.5 million round along with the aforementioned names and Vertex Ventures
This latest round finds the manufacturing software company looking to grow its presence among small and medium enterprise businesses in
Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia
Tulip has gained a fair bit of notice in recent years for its manufacturing app platform that requires no coding
As part of the deal, DMG MORI announced a partnership with the startup that finds it looking to use Tulip’s apps to help automate
assembly, training and quality control
“We are proud of our new alliance
After all, digitization is human-centered
With the no-code platform, employees can autonomously create manufacturing apps,” DMG MORI chairman Christian Thönes said in a release
tied to the news
“Tulip is the ideal entry into digitization mainly for our medium-sized customers.”The partnership also finds Tulip opening an office in
Munich, to help support European growth